trại giam

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Prison; detention camp: A place where individuals deemed harmful to public order and security are held in custody. It is a facility for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or serving sentences for crimes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bị cáo bị đưa vào trại giam chờ ngày xét xử. (The defendant was taken to prison to await trial.)
  • Trại giam này được canh gác rất nghiêm ngặt. (This detention camp is very heavily guarded.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "trại giam" often implies a specific, secured compound or camp-like facility for detainees, distinct from a general city jail (). It can be used for both temporary detention centers and longer-term penal institutions.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà tù (n): prison, penitentiary. A more general term for a prison facility.

  • Anh ta bị kết án và đưa đến nhà tù. (He was sentenced and sent to prison.)

• Trại cải tạo (n): re-education camp. A historical term for labor camps.

  • Đó là một trại cải tạo từ thời chiến tranh. (That is a re-education camp from the war era.)

• Trại tạm giam (n): temporary detention camp; holding cell.

  • Cảnh sát giữ nghi phạm tại trại tạm giam. (The police held the suspect in temporary detention.)

Synonyms

• Prison: A building where people are legally held as punishment for a crime.
• Detention camp: A camp where people are detained, often for security reasons.
• Penal institution: A facility for the punishment and rehabilitation of convicted criminals.

Related Idioms

• Vào trại ra tù: To be in and out of prison (indicating a life of recurrent crime and imprisonment).
  • Cuộc đời của hắn là một chuỗi dài vào trại ra tù. (His life has been a long series of being in and out of prison.)